Tag: witchcraft

The small Puritan town of Salem was the site of one of the darkest times in Massachusetts’ history, where several townsfolk became afflicted by, what could only be described as witchcraft.

Matthew Hopkins was an infamous witch-hunter during the 17th century, who published “The Discovery of Witches” in 1647, and whose witch-hunting methods were applied during the notorious Salem Witch Trials in colonial Massachusetts.